Tag Archives: Jon Stewart

Obama’s brilliant speech on trickle down economics becomes exponentially more incredible with animation

By Mark | October 8, 2012

I have something for you to watch while I’m working on tonight’s post. It’s a short animated piece put together by a fellow named Lucas Gray, who, among other things, works on The Simpsons. I don’t know if he was hired to do it, or if he just decided to pull together some friends and […]

Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged animation, Bill O'Reilly, Bush tax cuts, hate, hate speech, Lucas Gray, middle class, tax cuts, tax the rich, The Simpsons, threats to the middle class, trickle down economics, wealth inequality, Why Obama Now | 5 Comments

The Occupy Wall Street movement, why it’s not being treated like the Tea Party in the media, and why it has a better chance of success than the anti-globalization campaign

By Mark | October 8, 2011

I suspect this may be old news for those of you with cable, but I just happened across this recent episode of the Daily Show dealing with the media’s evolving (and hypocritical) coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and thought that I’d share it. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Media, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-globalization, Capitalism, Daily Show, Federal Elections Commission, G8, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Naomi Klein, Occupy Wall Street, Plutocracy, police brutality, protests, Sarah Palin, Seattle, tea party, Wall Street, World Trade Organization, WTO | 17 Comments

Stewart and Colbert on the debt ceiling “compromise”

By Mark | August 2, 2011

Here, for those of you without basic cable, is what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had to say about the so-called compromise. The Daily Show – Dealageddon! – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering CompromiseGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political […]

Posted in Economics, Media, Politics | Also tagged charity, Christian nation, Christianity, Daily Show, debt ceiling, give to the poor, Jesus, national debt, Stephen Colbert, what would Jesus think | 8 Comments

Annie Jacobsen on the Daily Show

By Mark | May 19, 2011

Remember how, a couple of days ago, we were talking about that new book on Area 51, and it’s bombshell revelation that Nazi scientists made tiny, alien-looking people for the Soviets after WWII, and then launched them into the side of a bluff in Roswell, New Mexico? Well, the author of the book, Annie Jacobsen, […]

Posted in History, Other | Also tagged aliens, Annie Jacobsen, Area 51, Cold War, conspiracy theories, Nazi, Roswell, Soviet Union | 1 Comment

The Daily Show on the killing of Osama bin Laden

By Mark | May 3, 2011

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c To Kill a Mockingturd www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook